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Every year, the National Basketball Association (NBA) awards titles to various leaders in the five basketball statistical categories—points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocked shots. Both the scoring title and the assists title were recognized in the 1946–47 season are also recognized, when the league played its first season.
The statistics during that era were compiled from the National Basketball Committee Official Basketball Guide, which was not regulated by NCAA authorities. Therefore, the following players are included in the annual NCAA men's basketball media guide, but are listed as unofficial season scoring leaders. [3]
The National Basketball Association's (NBA) scoring title is awarded to the player with the highest points per game average in a given season. The scoring title was originally determined by total points scored through the 1968–69 season , after which points per game was used to determine the leader instead. [ 2 ]
List of NCAA Division I men's basketball players with 12 or more 3-point field goals in a game; List of NCAA Division I men's basketball career 3-point scoring leaders; List of NCAA Division I men's basketball season 3-point field goal leaders; List of NCAA Division I men's basketball players with 2,000 points and 1,000 rebounds
In the 1986–87 season, the three-point arc was made mandatory in men's basketball, marked at 19 ft 9 in (6.02 m) from the center of the basket; [4] at the same time, the three-point arc became an experimental rule in NCAA women's basketball, using the men's distance. [5]
National Basketball Association single-season scoring leaders Rank Season Player Team Games FGM 3PM FTM Pts PPG P/36 P/75P; 1 1961–62: Wilt Chamberlain* Philadelphia Warriors: 80 1,597 N/A: 835 4,029 50.4 37.4 N/A: 2 1962–63: Wilt Chamberlain* San Francisco Warriors: 80 1,463 N/A: 660 3,586 44.8 33.9 N/A: 3 1960–61: Wilt Chamberlain ...
Earls, a four-star defensive back, is ranked by 247 Sports' composite rankings as the No. 2 player in Virginia, the No. 11 cornerback in the nation and No. 87 player overall in the country.
This article contains two charts: The first chart is a list of the top 50 all-time scorers in the history of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The list includes only points scored in regular season games. The second chart is a progressive list of the leading all-time NBA scorers. [1] LeBron James is the leading scorer in NBA history.